Category: Powerful lessons

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” ~ Groucho Marx

You can live more in one week than most people live in one year if you’re brave, honest and you remember you’re alive. Never forget that.” ~ Anthony Hopkins

You have to remind yourself, this is your life and it’s up to you to make the most of it, no one else. Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window — or break down a door.” ~ Brooke Shields

Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.” ~ Hugh Laurie

You can fail at what you don’t want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” ~ Jim Carrey

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet. Life will never be perfect. But look carefully. There is almost always something worth being grateful for. ~ Sadie Delany & theWisestWords

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world. Never be jealous. Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling.” ~ Miyamoto Musashi

Forgive yourself for what you didn’t know before you knew it. You cannot judge your past self by the standards of the person you are today. That version of you did the best they could with the tools they had; your job now is to use your new tools to build something better.” ~ Maya…

If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” ~ Bruce Lee

In life, you have to devote all your efforts to doing as well as possible that for which you are fitted… Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My only strength lies in my tenacity.” ~ Louise Pasteur (in a speech explaining the secret to his success. His work…

Forgive yourself for what you didn’t know before you knew it. You cannot judge your past self by the standards of the person you are today. That version of you did the best they could with the tools they had; your job now is to use your new tools to build something better.” ~ Maya…

The beginning is always today. One decision. One commitment. One new start. You cannot change the past. But today you can choose goodness. And what you keep choosing, you become.” ~ Mary Shelley

Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard

The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.” ~ David S. Viscott

Don’t sleepwalk through life. Take chances on things that matter. Keep your promises. Buy the ridiculous dessert. Laugh until you can’t speak. You have been given a brief turn at being alive; don’t spend so much of it watching from the sidelines that you forget to live. ~ Anthony Hopkins

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.” ~ Maya Angelou

If I could give one piece of advice it would be: don’t wait for a perfect moment to appreciate your life. There will never be a time that’s free of uncertainty or difficulty. But there will always be something worth noticing, if you choose to look for it. ~ Emma Thompson

Whatever you do in life, make sure you’re in it with all your heart. If you’re not, get out. Once you decide to go all in on something that matters, life rearranges itself around that decision.” ~ Keanu Reeves

Whenever you feel yourself becoming impatient, remember this: rushing rarely saves time. More often, it creates mistakes that need to be corrected later. A few extra thoughtful minutes today can spare you hours of regret tomorrow.” ~ Doris Lessing

“Every morning I wake up, I remind myself that no promise was made for today. That’s where gratitude begins—in knowing this moment is a gift I didn’t earn, but still get to live.” ~ Johnny Cash

Keep Going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going… If you don’t give up on something you truly believe in, you will find a way. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” ~ Roy T. Bennett

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~ Jane Goodall

We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.” ~ Charles Bukowski

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. We all have clouds above us but some see their silver linings. We all face difficulties but some of us are grateful that they aren’t worse.” ~ Oscar Wilde